"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." ~e.e. Cummings

My Dad always had one thing to say to me..."just be yourself." There were years when that was tough because who I was acting like and who I wanted to be were two different people. So I had to work through the kinks.


My Mom always had one thing to say to me, too..."God go with you."
Between the two I finally figured out that I was made to be someone in particular. Now, I'm not saying I'm 100% happy with the quirks He's given me, but I can honestly say I am courageously growing up...to be myself as God goes with me.


Thanks, Mom & Dad ~ it's the best advice I've ever gotten.

~ Goal Setting ~

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you? ~Fanny Brice

Monday, February 25, 2008

Been gone too long

Wow, time flies when you don't have internet access! UGH!

Christmas has come and past...
My Mom & Dad were here so we got to share the Holidays with them ~ what a treat! I rarely get to see my family, so it's always a blessing when we're able to be together. We even got to celebrate our 10th Anniversary with them! YEAAAA!!!

And, as we're all well aware since it's the last week in February, we've entered into 2008. I have a motto for 2008 ~ "Good to Great in 2008!" So far I have to say our family and our lives are living up to that motto. It's such a great feeling. Seriously. It seemed like there was never going to be a light at the end of the tunnel as far as relationships and health issues and the stress of life was going. Something happened when we turned that calendar page, though, and I am so very thankful for God's amazing grace in our lives. I know it's Him...He's doing a good work in us (all of us), and we can do nothing but thank Him for His unending grace and mercy.

Something new we're doing is that Scott and I are going through Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University together. Although we've been virtually debt free since we moved from California it is so good to be in a class that is taking the stress of our financial decisions off the "you want to control me" and "you just want to believe money grows on trees" arguments and puts it square on the shoulders of God's Word and sound financial teaching. The other good thing is that I'm seeing it start to give Scott a peace about how well he has provided for our family. Once again, I am so thankful for the work God is doing in our home.

There's so much that is so much the same, but continually changing ~the boys are growing like weeds (so typical, eh?), and each day I'm more and more excited to see who they're becoming. Yesterday I was going to go on a bike ride with Caleb and Micah was going to ride his scooter so we were getting ready to go and finishing up our conversation with Mama & Papa T and all of the sudden Micah is on the ground truly crying. Calmly I bring him into the bathroom to clean up his finger only to find out that he has sliced it open pretty seriously. (When you can see the puffy little white fatty tissues....it's time to get some professional help.) So we head to the urgent care and he gets 2 stitches in his little pinky. Now, Micah is the kind of kid who does not like to do something that isn't his decision to do. So, when the Dr told him what he was going to do Micah tended to freak out a bit...until they completely numbed his finger and THEN he couldn't take his eyes off the Dr stitching him up. It was amazing. he was such a trooper! And Caleb was so good about understanding that our bike ride would be postponed to another day. (I think getting a new Wii game helped)

so that's what's up with us...what's up with you?
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